JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (March 26, 2006) - The ETSU men's tennis team defeated former Southern Conference foe, College of Charleston, 6-1 at the Memorial Center in Johnson City on Sunday. The Bucs are now 17-5 on the year while the Cougars fall to 15-2 with the loss.

The Bucs took the lead early by winning the doubles point. In No. 1 doubles Oscar Posada (Valencia, Venezuela) and Juan Crosa (Asuncion, Paraguay) defeated Or Dekel and Marcus DiGliodo, 8-1 and Felix Insaurralde(Asuncion, Paraguay) and Lisandro Picardo(Mar del Plata, Argentina) defeated Mike Reynolds and Omer Abramovich, 8-5, at the No. 2 position to clench the doubles point. In the No. 3 doubles match Enrique Olivares(Puerto Ordaz, Venezuela) and Sebastian Serrano(Cartagena, Colombia) defeated James Petit and Justin Malina, 8-4.

"I think we played extremely well today. I'm very satisfied with our performance today. We had a chance to sweep but Oscar wasn't able to close out. I think overall it was a solid team performance against a very strong Charleston team," said head coach Yaser Zaatini.

ETSU's next match is scheduled for next Sunday, April 2 when the Buccaneers travel to Rock Hill, S.C to take on Winthrop at 11 a.m.